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tootle

/toot-l/US // ˈtut l //UK // (ˈtuːtəl) //

嘟嘟,齿形,齿状图

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    too·tled, too·tling.

    • : to toot gently or repeatedly on a flute or the like.
    • : to move or proceed in a leisurely way.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the sound made by tooting on a flute or the like.

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Examples

  • Grandfather Tootle, the bassoon, spends his time in dozing: all you can hear from him is an occasional snore.

  • Mrs. Tootle, the flute, is of a romantic turn of mind, doting on moonlight and warbling birds and babbling brooks.

  • Mr Tootle is so far figurative, touching the dismemberment, as that he means the boat, and not the man.

  • But they never tootle now, and never sing, and when they speak, their tongue is that of the unmusical barbarians.

  • A man who lets his sword rust at home while he goes about tootle-de-rooling on a flute!